HASS Australia Mapping Activity
Explore Australia's geography through hands-on mapping with this engaging HASS activity.
Map skills are a key part of HASS Geography, and this Australia Mapping Activity makes them fun and accessible for primary students. Students explore Australia's states, territories, capital cities, and geographical features through practical mapping tasks that build both spatial awareness and geographical knowledge. A fantastic resource for any HASS unit covering Australia's geography.
Why teachers love it:
- Hands-on geography learning — students actively engage with maps rather than just reading them
- Curriculum-aligned — supports Australian Curriculum HASS: Geography outcomes
- Builds key map skills — labelling, locating, and understanding Australia's geography
- Print and go — no prep needed, straight from download to student hands
Perfect for:
- HASS Geography units on Australia
- Year 1 to Year 4 Australia mapping activities
- Learning Australian states, territories, and capital cities
- Whole-class, group, or individual geography tasks
- Australia Day and civic engagement activities
What's included:
A printable Australia mapping activity with tasks to help students identify, label, and explore Australia's geographical features, states, territories, and capital cities.
Put Australia on the map — literally — with this practical and engaging geography activity!
Teaching Year 3 HASS?
Our Year 3 HASS celebrations guide has videos, virtual tours and activity ideas to use alongside this resource.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
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Can I print in colour or black and white?
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